Africa Resources Investment Congress10 June 2014

10 June 2014

Ironmongers' Hall, City of London

Overview

Our annual Africa Resources Investment Congress is Londonís leading event for the investors, senior executives and officials activity in the region.
A region with rich and under-exploited mineral resources but varying levels of political stability and infrastructure development.

Dr Peter RuxtonPresident & CEO, Gentor Resources
Peter Ruxton was a Partner with Actis LLP responsible for all investment in the mining sector in Emerging Markets for the Fund. Prior to that he was Exploration Manager for mid-tier
gold producer Ross Mining and involved in the evaluation and feasibility study of the Gold Ridge Gold Mine in the Solomon Islands. Peter also had 11 years experience with Billiton
Australia as Regional Exploration Manager and Geologist. His Ph.D. studies were on sedimentary copper deposits in Namibia; he spent a further 18 months as a Post-Doctoral Research
Fellow at the University of Tasmania, Australia researching VMS base metal and copper deposits. He has a B.Sc. in Geological Sciences, a Ph.D. from the University of Leeds and
an MBA from Manchester Business School. Peter is also a Non-Executive Director of Platmin Ltd.

Louis CoetzeeCEO, Kibo Mining
Louis Coetzee has 25 years experience in business development, promotion and financing in both the public and private sector. In recent years he has concentrated on the exploration
and mining area where he has founded, promoted and developed a number of junior mineral exploration companies based mainly on Tanzanian assets. Louis has tertiary qualifications
in law and languages, project management, supply chain management and a MBA from Bond University (Australia) specializing in entrepreneurship and business planning and strategy.
He has worked in various project management and business development roles mostly in the mining industry throughout his career. Louis is currently a Director and Chief Operating
Officer of the Mzuri Group which has coal projects in Tanzania and coal, oil and gas projects in Russia. He is also Chairman and acting CEO of Australian listed East African
Resources limited (ASX: EAF) which holds copper and uranium exploration projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania respectively. Between 2007 and 2009,
he held the position of Vice-President, Business Development with Canadian listed Great Basin Gold (TSX: CBG).

Tim WilliamsChairman, Andiamo Exploration
Tim Williams is a mining geologist with a strong financial background. Tim has thirty years' experience in the mining industry, ranging from the major companies Gencor,
De Beers, JCI through to juniors such as Golden Star and MDN and mining finance with James Capel, Lehman Brothers and Ernst & Young. Tim has worked in Eritrea since 1995 where
he is the chairman of Andiamo Exploration.

David SumichManaging Director, Volta Mining
David Sumich has over 17 years' experience in the capital raising, financing and management of public resource companies both in Australia and overseas. David was Managing
Director and founder of West African Iron Ore Company, DMC Mining, in the Republic of Congo. DMC was the subject of an A$50 million on-market cash takeover.
David was non-executive Director and co-founder of the rare element & rare earth company Globe Metals & Mining Limited, which has projects in Malawi and Mozambique.

Ed CoughlanCommodities Analyst, Business Monitor International
Edward has been a commodities analyst at BMI since September 2010. He focuses on the mining sector, in particular regarding Latin America and Africa. His Masters
dissertation covered Chinese involvement in the Zambian Copper sector. Edward holds an MSc in African Politics from The School of Oriental and African Studies.

He has worked extensively in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, advising investors, governments and
others on diverse resource and economic development issues. His early career was as Director of
Energy Research at several major City financial institutions. He is a Fellow of the Chartered
Institute of Securities and Investment and a former member of the London and Johannesburg Stock
Exhanges.

Ben DaviesManager, Materials Stewardship, International Council on Mining & Metals
Ben Davies has worked with ICMM since 2004 and has a PhD for research in metallurgy and materials from the University of Birmingham.

Working within ICMM's materials stewardship programme Ben's primary responsibilities are in the fields of chemicals management and sustainable consumption and production.
This work seeks to address the issue of the 'sustainability footprint' of materials throughout the supply chain. The aim is to foster efficient industry practice,
responsible application of materials and external regulation that is based on sound science.

Ben is actively involved within the industry developing guidance to ensure that companies have the necessary resources to meet their commitments as ICMM members.
It also requires engagement in the international policy arena where Ben regularly represents the sector at the United Nations and OECD as well as with national governments, IGOs and NGOs.

Since 2008 Ben has also assumed responsibility for coordination of ICMM's 30 association members, a function that has led to a broadening of interests into areas such as
international trade and development policy.

David HargreavesCEO, Fairtrade Gemstones
David Hargreaves is CEO of his family company Fair Trade Gemstones Ltd, which specializes in the ethical sourcing and marketing of gemstones worldwide. David has over 40 years
of senior experience in the mining industry. After qualifying in coal mining he worked in the iron ore mines in Canada before diversifying into other bulk minerals including
bauxite. He was Head of Research for stockbrokers James Capel in London and voted Mining Analyst of the year on three successive occasions. Since forming his own metals and
brokering company in 1977, he has successfully promoted and been a director of several public companies. He currently writes 'The Week in Mining'. He is a Chartered Mining
Engineer, Fellow of the Geological Society and the Institute of Mining, Minerals and Materials, and a member of the Royal Institution. He was a representative to the House
of Commons Select Committee on Strategically Important Metals.